So apparently, Fox News and other right-wing media outlets are blowing a gasket over the fact that Obama ordered a burger WITH DIJON MUSTARD!!!! WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?!?!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-talk-mustard-obamamay11,0,1652607.storyBarack Obama's mustard: President puts spicy mustard on burger and lands in new 'elitist' pickle with right
Kevin Pang- May 11, 2009
Conservative commentators seeking ways to pillory the president have found their latest weapon: mustard.
Oh, not patriotic, 76-trombones-along-the-parade-route yellow mustard. But pretentious, elitist, higher-tax-bracket Dijon mustard.
When President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden made a stop at a burger joint in Virginia last week, Obama reportedly asked for "spicy" or "Dijon mustard."
Right-wing talk show host Laura Ingraham weighed in: "What kind of man orders a cheeseburger without ketchup but Dijon mustard?" Sean Hannity of Fox News invoked the Grey Poupon commercial. "I hope you enjoyed that fancy burger, Mr. President," Hannity said.
This has Barry Levenson, founder and curator of the Mt. Horeb Mustard Museum, shaking his head. The museum, just west of Madison, Wis., features more than 5,000 mustards, the largest such collection in the world.
"There's nothing pretentious about Dijon mustard," Levenson said. "It's a very simple product."
Dijon mustard has its origins in France, where monks made it with mustard seeds, vinegar, water and some salt.
But the Grey Poupon ads from the 1980s -- showing two British gentlemen snootily asking for Dijon -- cemented the mustard, rightly or not, as a condiment for aristocrats and gourmands.
"You have to understand that those ads were an effort to elevate cooking in America," said Levenson. "It was an effort to tell people you can buy something that's not too expensive, but it makes you feel elegant."
First off, I'm quite amused that there's a mustard museum (moreso one that is in my home state).
Back on the subject at hand, keep up the good work Hannity (and right-wing media in general)! You're doing more damage to your political party than any Democrat could!!!
Seriously though, mustard? MUSTARD?!?!
There are companies going out of business and people losing their jobs everyday, and these people bitch about mustard?!?! What's next?
He eats his burger ON WHEAT BREAD!
He eats ribs WITH A FORK!
He prefers his toast WITH STRAWBERRY JELLY!
Christ almighty, why don't we just revert back to Freedom Fries in order to show them French folk who's boss!!! USA USA RAMBLE RAMBLE RAMBLE USA USA USA!!!!